12/6 Can a modern hard disk operate reliably in a garage with the temperature
change that happens when you open the garage door? Like 50 -> 30 deg F.
\_ shouldn't be a problem, i presumed. The internal temperature of
harddrive shouldn't change that drastically.

12/7 Most people probably already know this, but just in case for those
who are not aware of it..
http://www.sco.com/copyright
\_ Do you know how many of the senators and representatives now
in the presidential race stood up against the DMCA or the
copyright extension act? none. not kucinich, not kerry,
not liebermann, not gebhart. no one from either party stood
up against this. the only way we're going to beat these
evil cocksuckers is by becoming as effective a lobby as the
media moguls. i'll bet a million nerds who make about 100k/year
can beat a dozen or so media moguls in a out and out brawl
to buy congressmen.
\_ and i'll bet 5 million nerds who make 100k/year won't be
as successful buying congressman than a few corporations
that rake in billions every year.
\_ Interesting. But I don't see any logical basis for his assertion
the GPL itself is unconstitutional/illegal.
\_ I didn't think so neither. But it's just my personal opinion.
An somewhat related issue: copyright suppose to be a temperary
protection. Yet, the current copyright last just couple years
short of life expentacy of Average Americans, thus, for pratical
purposes, permanent. In this regard, our current copyright law
can be argued as unconsitutional itself. :p
\_ I agree with that. It's clear congress was acting in the
interest of Disney rather than the public with that extension
although I'm not sure it's unconstitutional. But what I meant
was, the guy says GPL is unconstitutional but doesn't directly
say why. He just blathers about whether there should be copy-
rights, but GPL uses copyrights.
\_ lessig argues on his blog that the copyright extension
could possibly be considered unconstitutional because
it is not in the best interests of promoting the "progress
of science and the useful arts," as mandated by the
constitution.
http://www.lessig.org/blog/archives/001611.shtml#001611
of course, i'm not an expert on the constition, or
constitutional law, but Lessig sure is.
\_ An important part of his argument regarded retroactive
extensions-- the Constitution explicitly mentions
'limited times' for copyright, but by extending the
term for 20 years every 20 years, Congress is creating
a regime of perpetual copyright.
\- i tried to get through this but it was so stupid i
couldnt do it. it's an interesting question where did
the letter come from, is this to change the topic etc. --psb
\_ it's trying to gather up substance behind what it's saying
by relying on eldred. but eldred wasn't even a software case.

12/7 Best. Iraq War Quote. Ever.
"With a heavy dose of fear and violence, and a lot of money for
projects, I think we can convince these people that we are here to
help them," Colonel Sassaman said.
http://csua.org/u/568
\_ You obviously don't understand the Arab mind.
\_ You obviously have no sense of irony.
\_ Oh then tell me please, Mr. Authority on Everything, how it is
that we need to destroy the village in order to save it?
\_ Actually, I was quoting the Second. Best. Iraq Quote. Ever.
"You have to understand the Arab mind," Capt. Todd Brown, a
company commander with the Fourth Infantry Division, said
as he stood outside the gates of Abu Hishma. "The only
thing they understand is force-- force, pride and saving
face."
\_ The villager photos are being taken with a digital camera, a
Sony one it looks like.
\_ "Kill them. Kill them ALL!" Cue Dark Empire music.
\_ laissez Dieu assortir les morts

12/7 Bush regime pre-emptively kills 9 future terrorists:
http://csua.org/u/567
\_ Yeah, he knew they were little kids while sleeping in the White
house, mentally took control of the A-10s, mentally imagined the
Mavericks taking them out. Oh pluz! Why don't you say the Clinton
regime took out two Chinese "spies" in the Serbian campaign while
you are at it?!
\_ What happened to taking responsibility for your actions?
I thought that was a Conservative virtue. I guess not a Neocon
one.
\_ Yeah but you think we shouldn't even be in Afghanistan.

12/7 Recommendations for a good file-sharing client? I'm mainly
interested in shamelessly subverting copyright law (ie, downloading
music MP3's). Kazaa seems to be sucking as of late.
\_ What's your login, I ll email you what I use.
\_ phillip@csua
\_ If you're looking for mainstream, there are few good bittorrent
sites.
\_Really? From my experience bittorrent sucked...all you can
find is phish and it took all day to download. Lemme know if
I'm missing something. The program is cool. -scottyg
\_ i will now have to listen to anthrax at top volume
for an hour to get that horrible audio image out of my
mind.
\_ Bittorrent is really good for "0-day" stuff and new TV/movies.
It's hard to find good .torrent files though. It's not a good
general-purpose P2P; it's good for spreading a few files really
fast.
\_ I use emule and winmx. winmx for music, emule for everything else.
\_ dc++
\_ I second that, especially Scandinavian hubs.
\_ soulseek is good (http://www.slsknet.org